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Summary: Not worth the effort it takes to read
Review: I'm beginning to fear that Tom Clancy has lost his touch. Unfortunately, not unlike Stpehen King, he will continue to put out book after book and continue to rake in the cash.This book is one you must force yourself to finish. I kept reading, determined to find where the excitement was. It never shows up. This book is full of long, rambling monologues spewing forth the right-wing, conservative slant that Clancy so firmly believes in. He could have shortened the book considerably by simply writing 'right=good, left=bad'. I will wait and read the reviews before buying another of Tom Clancy's books. Maybe he needs to take another look at what he is doing and reevaluate his style. But then why do that when every book you write, no matter how bad, is a guaranteed best-seller?
Rating: 
Summary: Not his best but OK
Review: All I have to say is...the book kinda drags but since I am a big Tom Clancy fan I am honored to have it as part of my collection. Get this book if you are a die hard Clancy fan. You will probably enjoy it.
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Summary: Not as bad as all that
Review: Yes, it seemed like capitalist propaganda. Yes, we all know how it's going to come out if we're middle aged and if we've read the newspapers since we've been adults. Yes, Clancy has done way better in all the books he actually wrote except for "Rainbow Six". Yes, he's pretty heavy handed about advertising his previous book, "Patriot Games". But some Clancy fans will want to read "Red Rabbit" anyway. Most of life is not an extreme thriller, and so, I suppose, is Jack Ryan's life. "Red Rabbit" is not as bad as the "Net Force" books that he phones in.
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Summary: I love this writer !
Review: Anything by Tom Clancy gets two-thumbs up from me. Mr. Clancy has a style all his own and I admire that. His plots are always exciting and unpredictable and his characters are always thrilling. Red Rabbit is no different. I liked the characters and the plot in this story was thrilling.
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Summary: Not bad, could be a decent movie (if made into one)
Review: The latest book has similarities to the attempt on Pope John Paul II (from which Mr. Clancy obviously drew some of the story).
Mr. Dennis Boutsikaris does a fair job of reading the text and keeping the story moving. He's better with the Russian accents than the British (but not as bad as some readers who sound "forced" when they try to do them). Better than most of Mr. Clancy's books. I'd also recommend his older The Hunt For Red October. Overall, could be a decent movie (as metioned in the title of this review). The story lends itself to be a made-for-TV movie, I think, rather than a theatrical release.
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Summary: An Interesting Concept
Review: I found this book to be an interesting mix of history and fiction. I always enjoy Clancy's analysis of politics, economics, and society in general. So his thoughts on the real life assassination attempt of the pope are rather intriguing. He takes what is historically known, and gives a series of possible events to fill in the blanks. The book may not be up to the super high standard of other Clancy works, but I would still recommend reading it. A look at interesting spook techniques, Soviet motives for trying to kill the pope, and a lot of back story for other Clancy works all make this worth the time. This book also brings into play real people such as Thatcher, Reagan, and Andropov. I would love to see a follow up on the downfall of the Evil Empire with Clancy's analysis. If you want a historical look at the downfall of the Soviets, try Victory by Peter Schweizer.
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Summary: An Entertaining Reminder of Yesteryear
Review: When critiqued in a vacuum that excludes previous Clancy thrillers, this volume is not found wanting. Clancy uses his own creativity and imagination to tie the 1981 Pope John Paul II shooting with the Jack Ryan universe, and the result is an enjoyable read. Those who are looking for a better Clancy novel than Red Storm Rising or Debt of Honor should probably look elsewhere. If you can't stomach the notion of Church and State being inter-connected, or Jack Ryan's thoughts on the USSR, you should definitely look elsewhere. If you're looking for another Clancy winner, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Propagandist for the CIA/Right?
Review: Throughout all of the post-Soviet Union Jack Ryan novels, there were rivers of apologies for the inadequacies of the CIA and, specifically, its failure to have predicted the downfall of the Soviet Union. In this book, Clancy strongly hints that the Reagan defense build-up was in fact a carefully orchestrated plan by Reagan/Bush (based on a Ryan-inspired CIA study) to force the Soviet Union to ruin its economy in an attempt to keep up with the US defense build-up. (The last 100 pages of the book contain conversation by Ryan's superiors to employ his expertise in economic matters to the problem of the Soviet Union.) This is the same kind of drivel that has been coming out the extreme Right in this country for the past few years. Never mind that the defense build-up actually began during the Carter presidency and was well underway by the time of the attempt on the Pope's life. According to Clancy, the defense build-up and its consequent effects on US deficits and its tremendous opportunity costs to the rest of the economy was a brilliant plan by Reagan. Clancy has an ability to distort history and twist the facts that would have been the envy of any Party Apparatchik.
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Summary: Insipid warmed-up soup
Review: ..... The only improvements from "The Bear and the Dragon" (THAT one really was THE PITS!!!) are the lack of the lurid details and about 500 less pages. "One-star" is already too much, the contents of this book are not even worth the cost of the paper it's printed on. This is the end of my buying books by this writer: sorry, Mr Clancy, it was nice while it lasted (I guess from "Red October", original version, to "Cardinal of the Kremlin"), before those fat payments on account/commission made you forget how to write and how to deal with the characters of your books. Never a good writer, but at least you could provide the reader with some interest with curious technological stuff.
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Summary: Clancy is back to his old writing and its a welcome change
Review: This one recalls the days of "Cardinal" in that it leans
towards the tradecraft of the latter days of the Cold War rather
than the military texts that he has been producing as of late.
A good read...a welcome read.
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